Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 15145, Moses Gilbert, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Conn.
Gilbert, Moses
S. 15145
Carded
CONTENTS

17.687 Connecticut
Moses Gilbert
of Berlin in the State of Conn who was a Pri. & Sergt in the Conn commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt commanded by Col Huntington in the Conn line for
5-6 11 mo 7 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Conn at the rate of 47 Dollars 83 Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 13 day of Septemr 1833 and sent Thomas Lee New Britain Conn
Arrears to the 14th of Sep 1833 $ 119.57 Semi-ann. allowance ending Mar 4 34 23.91
$143.48
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E D Buelock Clerk, Book C Vol. 3 Page 16

Lied Feb. 26, 1833. Dr Agency Book

Samuel Higley. Depositor - for Mass. Silliman.

State of Connecticut
County of Hartford ( ss. Berlin August - 18 th AD 1832
On this 18. day of August AD 1832 - Personally appeared In open court, before the Court of Probate for the District of Berlin in the County of Hartford & State of Connecticut now sitting, Moses Gilbert a Resident of said Berlin Aged eighty nine years, who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the Benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year 1775 - and served in the Connecticut Line as herein stated -
1 st That on the 8 th of July 1775. he enlisted for a term of five months, that he then resided in the ancient town of Farmington since set off to the Town of Berlin. That he served in Major Clarkes Company in Col. Jedediah Huntington's Regiment That he marched to Newbury near Boston in July 1775 - and remained there five months, until December 10 th when he was discharged -
2 d Also that he performed a second term of military duty in the year 1776 - That he enlisted for a term of six months under Capt. Gail Stanley, on the 21 st of June 1776. that on the fourth of July following he marched & joined the Army at New York - That he encamped at New York, Turtle Bay, Harlem Heights, White Plains & North Castle, that he was dismissed at North Castle on the 25. of December 1776. That he served in Col. Gays Regiment until his death & then in Genl. Selah Harts Regiment in the Brigade of General Wadsworth. That he then resided in that part of Farmington which has since been incorporated into the Town of Berlin, where he has always had a residence, and that he is now eighty nine years of age

I have no documentary evidence of my Service —
Interrogatory 1. In said Farmington in the year 1743.
2 I have
3 answered in the declaration
4 do
5 answered in my declaration
6 I had, but have lost it —
7. Recd Samuel Goodrich & Luther Berkeley Esquire I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present I declare, that my name is not on the pension Roll of the agency of any State —
Moses his Gilbert mark
Sworn & Subscribed to the day & year aforesaid —
Thomas Lill Judge of Probate
State of Connecticut } ss. Berlin District Hartford County } ss. Berlin August 18 th 1832.
I Cyrus Stanley of Berlin in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut, being a son of the late Col Gad Stanley, formerly of said Berlin & being of lawful age, do hereby declare & say — That I have in my possession an ancient account book kept by my said Father Gad Stanley in his life time from which Book it appears, that in the month of June 1776, my said Father enlisted a Company of Continental Troops for the term of six months to join the continental Army at New York — and it appears by said Book that my Father was the Captain of said Company & that John Allen & Ambrose Storer were Lieutenants, & the Titus Burnell Ensign & it also appears from said Book, that ninety privates including Sergeants & Corporals stand enrolled & enlisted in said Company — said Book also has an account stated separately with every Individual of said Company, giving him Credit for the time by him served, & charging him with money to balance for the time of his service — I also certify that the name of Moses Gilbert is enrolled as a Sergeant in said Company — That he enlisted on the 21 st day of June 1776. & marched on the 1 st day of July following & joined the Army at New York on the seventh day of the same month all which appears from the records of said Book Also that the said Moses Gilbert has a Credit stated, on said Book for the term of six months & seven days service & charges to balance the same and further this deponent saith that the same Moses Gilbert who has

subscribed the foregoing declaration is reputedly believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have served in the aforesaid company -
Cyrus Sturtevant
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Thomas Lee Judge of Probate Berlin District
State of Connecticut Hartford County
ss Berlin August 18 th 1832
I Isaac Porter of Berlin in the County of Hartford State of Connecticut do hereby testify, declare, & say, That I have been well acquainted with Moses Gilbert of said Berlin, who has subscribed the foregoing declaration - I have known him ever since the year 1775 - and for some time previous - he was with me in the revolutionary Army - He enlisted in the State Troops about the eighth of July 1775 - and marched in the same company with me, commanded by Major Clark, in Col. Jedidiah Huntington's Regiment to Roxbury near Boston, where we were encamped and did duty for about five months - and I well remember that he staid & did duty through the whole tour, until we were dismissed, which was on the 10 th of December following.
Isaac Porter
Sworn to, and subscribed the day & year aforesaid.
Thomas Lee Judge of Probate Berlin District
We Samuel Goodrich a clergyman residing in said Town of Berlin and Luther Buckley residing in the same, a magistrate hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Moses Gilbert, who has subscribed & sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be eighty nine years of age, that he is reputedly believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion. Samuel Goodrich, Luther Buckley
Sworn to, and subscribed the day and year aforesaid,
Thomas Lee Judge of Probate Berlin District

And the Said Court do hereby declare their opinion after The investigation of the matter, and after putting the inter- rogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that the Rev Samuel Goodrich who has signed & sworn to the foregoing certificate, is a resident of Berlin, a Clergyman, and that Sutter Beckley Esq who has also signed the same is a resident and Magistrate, of Said Berlin. Their statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further certifies that Cyrus Stanley and Isaac Porter, who have also signed & sworn to the foregoing certificate are residents of Said Berlin, men of truth, & good moral character, and their statement is entitled to credit. They are all well known to the Court. The deposition of Samuel Wightman of Milford the Court would refer upon however as to his character to the application he has made for a pension from New Haven County he being personally unknown to the Court. Certified by me Thomas Lee Judge of Probate Berlin District
I George Washington Southworth Clerk of the Court of Probate for the District of Berlin do hereby certify that The foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Moses Gilbert of Said Berlin for a Pension. And I also certify that Thomas Lee who has affixed his name in his own proper hand writing as above is Judge of Probate for the District of Berlin.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office this 18 th day of August A 1832,
Geo. W. Southworth Clerk
Moses Gilbert Berlin Conn New Britain P.O.
No 5410.

I Samuel Higby formerly of Middletown in the County of Middlesex now of Milford in the County of New Haven New Haven State of Connecticut— being of the age of about twenty four years, do testify declare & say. That I enlisted in the Army of the Revolution on or about the 20th of June 1776. and went on a tour to New York under the command of Captain Hasty and I also testify that Moses Gilbert of Berlin in Hartford County was enlisted I did duty during the same campaign, in Col Gays Regiment which was commanded by Col Silas Hart after Col Gays Death— in the Brigade of General M'Donough— I also testify that said Gilbert was a Sergeant during the last part of said tour, that we were encamped at New York Turtle Bay, Harlem Heights, Mile Square, White Plains, & North Castle That we were dismissed in December 1776 on Christmas Day— I also testify, that the said Moses Gilbert is now living & that I have this day seen him—
Samuel Higby Berlin July 31. 1832
Hartford County S.S. Berlin July 31. 1832.
Personally appeared Samuel Higby whose signature is affixed to the foregoing affidavit I have solemnly sworn to the truth of the same before me Daniel Dunbar Justice of the peace—
The foregoing Deposition was taken at the request of Moses Gilbert of Berlin being the same person whose name is mentioned within by the Deposition and said Deposition is taken with a view of applying for the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832 certified by me
Daniel Dunbar Justice of the peace
Hartford County S.S. Berlin May 22 1833—
I further certify that the said Samuel Higby whose signature is affixed to the foregoing Deposition is a person of credibility & is personally well known to me to be such— Daniel Dunbar Justice of the peace

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford ss.
I, Sand Griswold, Clerk of the County Court for the County of Hartford, do hereby certify, That Daniel Dunbar Esquire, before whom the foregoing affidavit of Samuel Higby was taken, was at the time the same was taken, & ever since has been, & now is, a Justice of the Peace for the County of Hartford, duly commissioned & qualified according to Law, & that the signatures, purporting to be of said Dunbar, are his genuine signatures.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said County Court, & signed my name, this twenty second day of May A.D. 1833.
Sand Griswold, Clerk
are" in 9 th line made before signing - attest Sand Griswold, Clerk

January 16, 1935
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Moses Gilbert, S. 15145 BA-J/MCS One
Mrs. J. R. Keig 2440 Harrison Avenue Beaumont Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your request for the Revolutionary War record of Moses Gilbert.
The data which follow were obtained from papers on file in the pension claim, S. 15145, based upon the military service of Moses Gilbert, the only soldier of that name that is found in the Revolutionary War records of this office.
Moses Gilbert was born in 1743 in Farmington, Connecticut. The names of his parents were not given.
While a resident of Farmington (which was later called Berlin), Connecticut, he enlisted July 8, 1775, in Major Clark's company in Colonel Jedediah Huntington's Connecticut regiment and was discharged December 10, 1775. He enlisted June 24, 1776, served until December 25, 1776, as sergeant in Captain Gad Stanley's company in a Connecticut regiment commanded first by Colonel Gay and then by Colonel Selah Heat.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1832, at which time he was living in Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut.
He died February 26, 1833.
The papers in this claim contain no data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

15145
INVALID.
File No. 15, 145
Moses Gilbert
Sergt Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 148
[Arrangement of 1870.]

June 12, 1901
Chas. G. Phelps
Wallingford, Conn.
1924 Aug. 29. J. G. Marsh
info of coat of copics
1935 Jan. 16 hist. tellers
J. P. King. held
1935 Jan. 31. Mrs. J. P. King adm. has that been sent. MS. 158

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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Moses Gilbert  which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. †If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? — Highly not certified to be credible Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? — no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
“Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For _____ year _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension.”

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
not cer- ed to be credible —

Revolutionary Sec. 1
2440 Harrison Avenue, Beaumont, Texas, January 22, 1935.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I wrote you on December 27, 1934, regarding Revolutionary War Soldier, Moses Gilbert. We have not received a reply to this letter. I am quoting this letter below and if you have any information regarding this man, I would appreciate it if you would send it to me.
"I would like to have any information you may have concerning the record of Revolutionary War Soldier, Moses Gilbert.
"He served as a private in Captain Samuel Comstock's Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment, commanded successively by Colonel John Chandler, Major Joseph Hait, Colonel Giles Russell and Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Sherman. He enlisted March 4, 1777, for the war; was promoted corporal February 28, 1778; sergeant August 1, 1780.
"Moses, son of Stephen and Hannah (Lines) Gilbert, was born September 9, 1743, (New Haven Vital Recs.) and died November 23, 1818, at the age of 75 years. He married Chloe, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Thomas or Beach) Cooper. She was born March 9, 1744, (New Haven Vital Recs.) and died March 28, 1833, at the age of 89 years. Both Moses and his wife were buried in Whitneyville cemetery, Hamden. They had three sons: Stephen, Elias, and Moses.
"Any further information you may have and are willing to send will be appreciated."
A stamped envelope is enclosed for your reply.
Sincerely,
Mrs. R. Keag

2440 Harrison Avenue, Beaumont, Texas, December 27, 1934.
Veterans Administration, Washington, D. C.
July 1. Dear Sirs:
I would like to have any information you may have concerning the record of Revolutionary War Soldier, Moses Gilbert.
He served as a private in Captain Samuel Comstock's Company, 8th Connecticut Regiment, commanded successively by Colonel John Chandler, Major Joseph Hait, Colonel Giles Russell and Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Sherman. He enlisted March 4, 1777, for the war; was promoted corporal February 28, 1778; sergeant August 1, 1780.
Moses, son of Stephen and Hannah (Lines) Gilbert, was born September 9, 1743, (New Haven Vital Recs.) and died November 23, 1818, at the age of 75 years. He married Chloe, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (Thomas or Beach) Cooper. She was born March 9, 1744, (New Haven Vital Recs.) and died March 28, 1833, at the age of 89 years. Both Moses and his wife were buried in Whitneyville cemetery, Hamden. They had three sons: Stephen, Elias, and Moses.
Any further information you may have and are willing to send will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Curtis.
DEC 31 1934 RECEIVED

74 Greenwood Street New Britain, Conn.
August 13, 1924
From: Jennie E. (Gilbert) Marsh To : U. S. Bureau of Pensions
Subject: Copies of applications for pensions of 813136 Hooker Gilbert and Moses Gilbert S 15-14 V
1. It is requested that the writer be furnished with copies of application for pension of Hooker Gilbert and Moses Gilbert, War of the Revolution. 2. Both men presumably came from what is now the town of Berlin, Connecticut, but may have enlisted in regiments from Farmington, Connecticut. 3. This information is desired in order to complete certain records.
----- Jennie E. Marsh -----
Moses Gilbert — 6 pages S 15-14 V
Hooker Gilbert — 22 pages S 13136

sent first as Keig
January 31, 1935
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MOSES GILBERT
S. 15145
Mrs. J. R. Keeg 2440 Harrison Avenue Beaumont, Texas
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter of January 22, in which you state that you requested December 27, 1934, the Revolutionary War record of Moses Gilbert, of Connecticut, and had received no reply to your letter.
The Revolutionary War records of this office show that only one claim for pension was found based upon service of a Moses Gilbert, and that those papers were examined and a report furnished you January 16, 1935. It is presumed this record has reached you prior to this date, January 31.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section.
August 29, 1924.
Jennie E. Marsh, 74 Greenwood St. New Britain, Conn.
Madam:
I have to advise you, that if you wish photostat copies of the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claims of Hooker Gilbert, S. 13136, and of Moses Gilbert, S. 15145, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents a page, with twenty-five cents extra, in each of the two claims, for certification, if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is twenty-eight.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Secretary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
Washington Gardner Commissioner.